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Meningitis criptocócica
Nombres alternativos:
Meningitis por criptococos
SÃntomas:
- Dolor de cabeza
- Fiebre
- Náuseas y vómitos
- Rigidez en el cuello
- Sensibilidad a la luz ( fotofobia )
- Cambio en el estado mental
- Alucinaciones
Signos y exámenes:
Con el fin de diagnosticar la meningitis criptocócica, se debe realizar una punción lumbar (punción espinal), lo cual implica tomar una muestra de lÃquido de la columna (lÃquido cefalorraquÃdeo o LCR). Los siguientes exámenes del LCR permiten el diagnóstico de la meningitis criptocócica:
- Las tinciones del LCR pueden mostrar el hongo
- Se presenta crecimiento o proliferación del criptococo en el cultivo de LCR
- El LCR puede ser positivo para el antÃgeno del criptococo
Asimismo, un examen de sangre, la prueba para el antÃgeno del criptococo en suero, puede ayudar en el diagnóstico de la infección por criptococos, especialmente en pacientes con SIDA.
- Fecha de revisión: 9/6/2006
- Versión en inglés revisada por: Hilary M. Babcock, M.D., Medical Director of Occupational Infection Control, Barnes-Jewish and St. Louis Children's Hospitals; Instructor of Medicine, Infectious Disease Division, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO. Review provided by VeriMed Healthcare Network.
- Traducción y localización realizada por: DrTango, Inc.
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